Your message dated Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:36:46 +0100
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and subject line Re: Bug#518256: cups: HW margins in PPD file are ignored - top
first cm not printed
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regarding cups: HW margins in PPD file are ignored - top first cm not printed
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: cups
Version: 1.3.9-14
Severity: important
Hi,
after upgrading last week, printed pages have lost top first cm, and there is a
large space at the bottom too.
After searching on net, I found LP bug similar to my problem:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/282186
and it seems the problem is in pstopdf script.
If I use the pstopdf from the bug above (final link -
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19430834/pstopdf ), than it works correctly for
me.
Steps to reproduce:
- have installed some real PPD (I have HP OfficeJet R65) in CUPS
- print a test page to PDF through CUPS, it shows printable area:
/usr/sbin/cupsfilter -m application/vnd.cups-pdf -p /etc/cups/ppd/R65.ppd
/usr/share/cups/data/testprint.ps >test1.pdf
- after some checking, I realized, that the paper size is taken from
/etc/papersize and PPD is ignored. This is not corect.
I run more scenarios:
1) original pstopdf
echo letter > /etc/papersize
In output, there was:
Imageable Area
Page Size: 8.5x11.0in 215.9x279.4mm
Lower-Left: 0.0x0.0in 0.0x0.0mm
Upper-Right: 8.5x11.0in 215.9x279.4mm
I.e. PPD was ignored.
2) original pstopdf
echo a4 > /etc/papersize
In output, there was:
Imageable Area
Page Size: 8.26x11.7in 209.9x297.1mm
Lower-Left: 0.0x0.0in 0.0x0.0mm
Upper-Right: 8.26x11.7in 209.9x297.1mm
I.e. PPD was ignored.
3) after I replaced pstopdf from the link above, I had correct results:
echo letter > /etc/papersize
# yes, even with letter it reads correctly PPD: A4 with real margins
Imageable Area
Page Size: 7.99x11.07in 203.0x281.2mm
Lower-Left: 0.14x0.5in 3.4x12.7mm
Upper-Right: 8.13x11.57in 206.5x293.9mm
I.e. PPD was used correctly for paper size and margins.
It seems, that this was already fixed in cups 1.3.9-3, but now in 1.3.9-14 it
is again here. Why is it back?
Workaround for me: use pstopdf from the link above.
Regards,
Lada
P.S.
It is really important bug, mainly for my wife :-)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-486
Locale: LANG=czech, LC_CTYPE=czech (charmap=ISO-8859-2)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages cups depends on:
ii adduser 3.110 add and remove users and groups
ii bc 1.06.94-3 The GNU bc arbitrary precision cal
ii cups-common 1.3.9-14 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.25 Debian configuration management sy
ii ghostscript 8.63.dfsg.1-2 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF
ii libavahi-compat-libdn 0.6.24-2 Avahi Apple Bonjour compatibility
ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcups2 1.3.9-14 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
ii libcupsimage2 1.3.9-14 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.12-1 simple interprocess messaging syst
hi libgcc1 1:4.3.3-4 GCC support library
ii libgnutls26 2.6.4-2 the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii libijs-0.35 0.35-6 IJS raster image transport protoco
ii libkrb53 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-6 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii libldap-2.4-2 2.4.11-1 OpenLDAP libraries
ii libpam0g 1.0.1-5 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libpaper1 1.1.23+nmu1 library for handling paper charact
ii libpoppler3 0.8.7-1 PDF rendering library
ii libslp1 1.2.1-7.5 OpenSLP libraries
hi libstdc++6 4.3.3-4 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii lsb-base 3.2-20 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii perl-modules 5.10.0-19 Core Perl modules
ii poppler-utils [xpdf-u 0.8.7-1 PDF utilitites (based on libpopple
ii procps 1:3.2.7-11 /proc file system utilities
ii ssl-cert 1.0.23 simple debconf wrapper for OpenSSL
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages cups recommends:
ii avahi-utils 0.6.24-2 Avahi browsing, publishing and dis
ii cups-client 1.3.9-14 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
ii foomatic-filters 4.0-20090301-1 OpenPrinting printer support - fil
ii gsfonts-x11 0.21 Make Ghostscript fonts available t
ii smbclient 2:3.3.0-3 command-line SMB/CIFS clients for
ii ttf-freefont 20080323-3 Freefont Serif, Sans and Mono True
Versions of packages cups suggests:
ii cups-bsd 1.3.9-14 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
pn cups-driver-gutenprint <none> (no description available)
ii cups-pdf 2.5.0-1 PDF printer for CUPS
ii foomatic-db 20090301-1 OpenPrinting printer support - dat
ii foomatic-db-engine 4.0-20090301-1 OpenPrinting printer support - pro
ii hplip 2.8.12-3 HP Linux Printing and Imaging Syst
pn xpdf-korean | xpdf-japane <none> (no description available)
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--- Begin Message ---
Dear Debian User,
This bug report was submitted against a version of CUPS that is no
longer supported in Debian. Use of our limited, volunteer supported
resources is best served by not keeping around old, hardware-specific
and inactive bugs for longer than desirable, so the report is now being
closed.
You may, of course, wish to review the reported problem. It would be
appreciated if any future investigation could be conducted using the
testing or unstable distributions. If considered necessary, this report
could be re-opened or a new bug report, possibly referencing this one,
submitted. Please note there are now separate cups and cups-filters
packages.
Thank you for your report.
Regards,
Brian.
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